Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-31
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2 | popular place IN the country for the
: holding of national conventions. and
: every year it seems to grow in favor
t as a rendezvous for the representa-
: tives of all sorts of national interests
and industries. 1t is a common thing
for several associations to be in conn
: Gil here at one time and during the
, past six weeks different organizations
were in session.
It may be considered settled that
the Centennial of the Constitution.
dating from the Inauguration of the
first constitutionally elected presi-
dent, will be appropriately celebrat-
ed under the auspices of the govern
ment in the spring of 1SS9,-a wear
to be known hereafter as the Jubilee
Year of the Republic.
The sentiment of the country in ia
yor of this movement seems to be
practically unanimous. 1t touches
the patriotic impulses of the whole
people. The senate has responded
with resolutions of approval, and has
taken steps towards CARRYING out the
grand celebration. The president
has also conveyed to congress his I'M
| qualified endorsement of the under
taking, and notwithstanding his wise
reticence with regard to the proper
place for holding this Centennial, it
is generally conceded as matter of
course that Washington will be the
favored city.
| The question of ''Who is worthy
to become the orator of the OccasiOn?"
has even been preached, but this is
considered premature and Of little
moment in a city which is continually
flooded with the eloquence of the
whole United States. The prelimin-
ary arrangements and details of the
celebration will be entrusted to a
committee of senators and represent
atives, which, there is reason to be-
lieve, will be judiciouslv selected.
Speaking of Washington conven-
tions reminds me that the most prom
inent one of the present week begins
tomorrow. 1t will be made up of
women who want to vote, with Miss
Susan B. Anthony as mistress OF
ceremonies. They come to hold their
nineteenth annual convention in
Washington where they have held the
eighteen preceding ones, and, as usu-
al for many successive winters, Miss
Anthony has preceded them in order
to clear the way and complete ar
| engagements.
They had wanted to tell their
wrongs and plead for their rights
within the very walls of congress this
time and had asked for the use of the
hall Of the house of representative
for their sessions. 1t would probably
have been granted them if they had
been willing to wait patiently until
congress got ready to discuss the
matter, but the slow ways Of our law
makers did not suit the National
rather than dilly daily with congress
| for a month about its hall. they de-
cided to secure the use of the Metro
politan NJ. f. church.
Yes said Miss Anthony. 1--WE
are coming again-coming from ev-
cry state, and with much earnestness
of purpose and much added strength
from the encouragement of the past
year. l believe our convention will
be larger than ever before and prog
ress will be reported from every di-
rection." Miss Anthony is perenni-
ally hopeful. She claims that no
cause in the worlds history has
spread more in lifetime than has
| the cause of woman in this country. |
The expansion of her sphere of use
fitness and the increase of compens- !
alton and of influence she considers |
marvellous. Women are gradually |
attaining all their rights. she thinks. |
and every step gained in any direc-
| ton Is a step towards suffrage. Sena- |
tor Blair has promised to endeavor to |
| secure debate in the senate on the |
woman suffrage amendment to the
constitution during the time when
this convention was in session.
Next year the association will eel |
citrate the fortieth anniversary of its
existence, and they propose then to
have union of every branch of wo-
mans work. After this they say the
younger women must come to the
front and let some of the older ones
retire. Forty years is long enough
Tor a woman to work. But these
veterans in the cause of woman will
withdraw from the field voluntarily,
when the time comes. They want it
distinctly understood that it will not
be on account Of feebleness of brok-
en- health or old age or anything of
that sort. Miss Anthony has asked
that such infrmities shall not be
laid to her charge next winter. She
says they are only put in print to
round out a sentence-not because
there is any truth in them.
CALEDONIA TEMPERANCE
MEETING.
The 5lst annual meeting of the Gale
donna County Young Mems Temperance
Association was held 10 ST. Johnsbnrv
Jan. 2ed. President w. L. Pearl Dresid-
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